Exam 7: Secondary Storage

One way to improve the storage capacity of a hard disk is to _______.

Disk caching uses a combination of hardware and software.

Due to its expanded storage capability, fast access speed, and high reliability, _______ (acronym) is often used by Internet servers and large organizations.

What is a storage area network?

Hard disks store and organize files using all of the following, except _______.

Blu-ray discs are designed for high definition and have a far greater capacity than DVDs.

A CD-RW disc _______.

Which of the following is not an example of secondary storage?

External hard drives are used primarily to complement an internal hard disk.

External hard disks use different technology than internal hard disks.

What is it called when servers on the Internet supply applications as a service, rather than a product?

In order to access your documents and files that are stored in the cloud, you must have an Internet connection.

Mass storage devices are specialized high-capacity secondary storage devices designed to store large amounts of data for an organization.

With _______, or online storage, you can access your files from any computer with an Internet connection.

The process of saving information to a secondary storage device is referred to as embedding.

The hard disk's surface is scratched and some or all of the data is destroyed when there is a _______.

The hi-def largest capacity format for optical discs is the _______ disc.

_______ memory cards are a form of a solid-state storage device widely used in smartphones, digital media players, and GPS navigation systems.

What is solid-state storage? Give examples.

Which of the following characteristics about RAID is incorrect?